2G3 



(3) E. SULCATUM. (Roxb.) 



Ident. Roxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 416. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 45. 



Spec. Char. Stem four-cornered : leaves sessile, lanceolate, 

 acuminated, 3-nerved : segments of the winged calyx ovate, acute : 

 lobes of the corolla obovate, apiculate, blue. 



Bengal. 



(4) E. GRANDIFLORUM. {Wall.') 



Ident. Wall. Cat. No. 4358.— Dec. prod. IX. p. 47. 



Spec. Char. Stem four-cornered: leaves ovate-lanceolate and 

 lanceolate, acute, 3-5-nerved : peduncles axillary and terminal, 

 trichotomous or 3-flowered, arranged in a corymb : segments of the 

 corolla ovate-oblong, acute. 



Courtallum. 



(5) E. WlGHTIA^UM. (Am.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. III. & t. 840. 



Spec Char. Stems very racemose and with the branches broadly 

 winged : leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, subsessile : corymbs 

 leafy : corolla five-cleft, segments oval or acuminated : fructiferous 

 pedicels recurved : capsule globosely ellipsoidal. 



Locality not specified. 



(6) E. Perotte^tii. (Griseb.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. IX. p. 45. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. J 322. 



Spec. Char. Stem straight, 4-aiigled, simplish : leaves sessile, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 5-nerved wifh smooth margins : 

 calyx deeply 4-clefi:, segments subulate with semi-lanceolate wings : 

 corolla rose-coloured or blue, lobes obovate- elliptic, cuspidate, 4 

 times longer than the tube. 



Neilgherries. Coonoor. 



(7) E. PEDUNcuLATUM. (Linn.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. IX. p. 46. — Linn. Sp. I. p. 163. 



Syn. E. pedunculare, Wight. — E. carinatum, Roxb.—Sehssa 

 carinata, Spreng. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 336. 



Spec. Char. Stem erect, ramous 4-s)ded : leaves lanceolate : 

 corymbs nearly naked (not leafy) : corolla 4-cleft : segnrents o^al, 

 capsule globose, flowers smallish, blue or yellow ? 



Noorungabad, Pondicherry in rice-fields. 



